ROLETTE COUNTY, N.D. (KMOT) – The courts scheduled a plea change next week for a member of the Rolette County Commission accused of sexually assaulting a teen in 2017 and lying to law enforcement.

Craig J. Poitra was supposed to stand trial in Rolette County, but now has a plea change hearing scheduled for the morning of Sept. 2, according to online court records.

Poitra faces a C-felony charge of corruption of a minor and an A-misdemeanor charge of false information to law enforcement.

According to a criminal affidavit, the victim told investigators Poitra sexually assaulted them at a residence in Rolla in either July or August 2017. Poitra would have been 43 at the time, and the victim 17.

The Rolette County Sheriff received the report in October 2023 and turned the case over to the

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